Before we step into the shining possibilities that 2024 holds, let’s take a moment to review the most popular blog posts our readers enjoyed from the Larner College of Medicine in 2023. The following pieces include raising skin cancer awareness involving the Abenaki community, embracing various personal identities, finding a career in medicine through lived experience, supporting first-generation student success, and pursuing the non-traditional route to medical education.
5. Mind the Gap?
Jeremy Altman is a fourth-year medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, Altman writes about developing a podcast series, in concert with Green Mountain Medicine, called “Mind the Gap,” that highlights stories of students who have taken a non-traditional path to medical education. Read the blog.
4. Creating Space: Navigating Academia to Propel First-Generation Success
Alicia A. Finney is a Ph.D. student in the Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Program at UVM. In the following blog post, Finney writes about her experiences as a first-generation student. Read the blog.
3. Through My Brother’s Eyes
Jake Ermolovich is a fourth-year medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, he writes about finding medicine through the experience of his brother’s care. Read the blog.
2. I’m Not So Different From Lionel Messi – And Neither Are You
Lauren Tien is a second-year medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, Tien writes about the various identities students inhabit at medical school. Read the blog.
1. Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Giving Back to the Community
Claire Baptiste is a first-year medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, she writes about her volunteer experience raising skin cancer awareness and getting involved with the Abenaki community, which heightened her interest in the field of dermatology. Read the blog.
